Civic Fame Statue
by Robert VanDerWal
Title
Civic Fame Statue
Artist
Robert VanDerWal
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The Civic Fame Statue sits atop the Manhattan Municipal Building intended to celebrate the consolidation of the five boroughs. It has many symbolic items incorporated with the figure and even had its arm fall off through the skylight to the 26th floor in 1936.
Constructed between 1907 and 1914 the Manhattan Municipal Building is a 40 story, 580 feet tall building built to accommodate the increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of the cities five boroughs. It is one of the largest governmental buildings in the world being used by over 200 employees from thirteen municipal agencies in the nearly one million square feet of office space.
Featured in these FAA Artist groups:
*Vertical Images
*Travel Art
*Just Perfect
*10 Plus
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June 24th, 2018
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Robert VanDerWal
Thank You, Frozen in Time Fine Arts Photographer, Bob, for Featuring this Photograph in your "Vertical Images" group.
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are also invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
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